Marriott Cypress Harbour?

[Cheryl N. WI]

I booked Marriotts Cypress Harbour for a great price as a Getaway through II for the last week of Sept. I am also thinking of possibly booking it for a Getaway week in Dec. I have some questions about the second bedroom/bathroom. I have looked at the floorplan and am having a hard time being able to figure out if there is a closet in the second bedroom? Also would the second bedroom be a tight fit for 2 adults and a 16 year old on the sleeper sofa? It looks like there might not be much room to move when you open the sleeper sofa in that room. If we go in Dec. it would be myself and my DH and our DD16 along with my sister and her DH. Maybe we would be best off having DD sleep on the sleeper sofa in the living room? Is the second bathroom in the bedroom or is it accessible without having to go into the guest bedroom?
This is the first time I have booked a Getaway week through II, am I able to call the resort and request a location? If so when is a good time to do this? Our flight doesn't get in until the evening of check in day so we won't be checking in until about 8pm, should I be concerned we might not get a nice location? We don't like to have our room on the first floor other than that I don't know if there is a certain location to request over others?

 

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I booked Marriotts Cypress Harbour for a great price as a Getaway through II for the last week of Sept. I am also thinking of possibly booking it for a Getaway week in Dec. I have some questions about the second bedroom/bathroom. I have looked at the floorplan and am having a hard time being able to figure out if there is a closet in the second bedroom?

There's a closet. If you're looking at the floor plan at the Marriott Vacation Club website (http://www.marriottvacationclub.com/vacation-resorts/marriott-cypress-harbour/amenities.shtml), the closet is in the lower left corner of the second bedroom just to the left of the sofabed. The drawing shows what looks like an open space with a couple of short walls. In reality there are closet doors fronting that space.

Also would the second bedroom be a tight fit for 2 adults and a 16 year old on the sleeper sofa? It looks like there might not be much room to move when you open the sleeper sofa in that room.

Yep, tight fit for walking around the room with the sofabed open. When we use that we always fold up and close the sofabed when it's not in use.

If we go in Dec. it would be myself and my DH and our DD16 along with my sister and her DH. Maybe we would be best off having DD sleep on the sleeper sofa in the living room?

I would think so. Televisions in both bedrooms so you wouldn't have to all sit on her (sofa)bed during if anyone decided to watch tv.

Is the second bathroom in the bedroom or is it accessible without having to go into the guest bedroom?

The second bedroom and the second bathroom share a short hallway that's off the main entry area into the villa but they are independent of one another. You do not have direct access to that bathroom from the second bedroom - you have to leave the second bedroom, enter the hall and then enter the bathroom.

This is the first time I have booked a Getaway week through II, am I able to call the resort and request a location? If so when is a good time to do this?

Sure you can. You'll have a reservation number for the stay and the resort will be able to see that a few weeks before your check-in date. In the past we've just called the resort a couple of weeks before our check-in. This year we received an email message from the resort 23 days before our check-in date inviting us to fill out a Vacation Experience Planning form online to make our requests. This worked out really well for location request, a spa reservation for my wife at a different Marriott resort and a dinner reservation. Regardless of method used to make your request I'd observe that the staff at Cypress Harbour has been extremely accommodating to our requests over the years. If you don't receive an email message, you can call the resort at the number on your II paperwork or send an email to cypressharbour.ram@vacationclub.com.

Our flight doesn't get in until the evening of check in day so we won't be checking in until about 8pm, should I be concerned we might not get a nice location? We don't like to have our room on the first floor other than that I don't know if there is a certain location to request over others?

I'd suggest that you request a building that is located on the lake - those would be buildings 50-55 and 60 through 65 (there is no building 61). Buildings 62 and 63 are on either side of the activities area and near the nice though small Bayside Pool area, building 65 is nicely located for access to the Island Pool area and not far from the clubhouse area using the bridge across the lake, and buildings 52 and 53 are on either side of the clubhouse/Clubhouse Pool area/Marketplace store/Pavilion Bar/Galley Grill/Pizza Hut Express complex. But, regardless of which building you end with, if you're in any of those buildings around the lake you won't be far from some of the resort features. Cypress Harbour is compact and an easy resort to walk from end to end and amenity to amenity.

Coming in late in the day may mean that you get the leftovers if others are requesting what you wanted and get there earlier. But, as I said, this is a really accommodating group of people at Cypress Harbour - generally, if they can help you with what you want you'll get it or something close to it. FWIW, we always request an end unit on a high floor with a preference for the top floor (top floor: no noise above us and end unit: no noise from one side). All buildings have elevators but they only four stories at the most so it isn't too bad. I'd suggest that you pick out three or four buildings that you think would work for your family, request a villa in any one of them along with your floor request. That'll give the reservations staff something to work with and make it more likely that you'll get something that you've requested.

Good luck and have fun, Cypress Harbour is a very nice resort.

Dick Taylor

See the resort map at... http://www.marriottvacationclub.com...resorts/marriott-cypress-harbour/pdfs/map.pdf

 

[Cheryl N. WI]

There's a closet. If you're looking at the floor plan at the Marriott Vacation Club website (http://www.marriottvacationclub.com/vacation-resorts/marriott-cypress-harbour/amenities.shtml), the closet is in the lower left corner of the second bedroom just to the left of the sofabed. The drawing shows what looks like an open space with a couple of short walls. In reality there are closet doors fronting that space.

I was thinking there had to be a closet and thought maybe that was where it would be.

The second bedroom and the second bathroom share a short hallway that's off the main entry area into the villa but they are independent of one another. You do not have direct access to that bathroom from the second bedroom - you have to leave the second bedroom, enter the hall and then enter the bathroom.

Good, I'm glad the bathroom is seperate from the bedroom, that way if DD sleeps on the sleeper sofa in the living room she doesn't need to go into a bedroom to get to a bathroom.

Sure you can. You'll have a reservation number for the stay and the resort will be able to see that a few weeks before your check-in date. In the past we've just called the resort a couple of weeks before our check-in. This year we received an email message from the resort 23 days before our check-in date inviting us to fill out a Vacation Experience Planning form online to make our requests. This worked out really well for location request, a spa reservation for my wife at a different Marriott resort and a dinner reservation. Regardless of method used to make your request I'd observe that the staff at Cypress Harbour has been extremely accommodating to our requests over the years. If you don't receive an email message, you can call the resort at the number on your II paperwork or send an email to cypressharbour.ram@vacationclub.com.

Thanks for the tips on how to do this! I'll watch for an email from them.

I'd suggest that you request a building that is located on the lake - those would be buildings 50-55 and 60 through 65 (there is no building 61). Buildings 62 and 63 are on either side of the activities area and near the nice though small Bayside Pool area, building 65 is nicely located for access to the Island Pool area and not far from the clubhouse area using the bridge across the lake, and buildings 52 and 53 are on either side of the clubhouse/Clubhouse Pool area/Marketplace store/Pavilion Bar/Galley Grill/Pizza Hut Express complex. But, regardless of which building you end with, if you're in any of those buildings around the lake you won't be far from some of the resort features. Cypress Harbour is compact and an easy resort to walk from end to end and amenity to amenity.

Coming in late in the day may mean that you get the leftovers if others are requesting what you wanted and get there earlier. But, as I said, this is a really accommodating group of people at Cypress Harbour - generally, if they can help you with what you want you'll get it or something close to it. FWIW, we always request an end unit on a high floor with a preference for the top floor (top floor: no noise above us and end unit: no noise from one side). All buildings have elevators but they only four stories at the most so it isn't too bad. I'd suggest that you pick out three or four buildings that you think would work for your family, request a villa in any one of them along with your floor request. That'll give the reservations staff something to work with and make it more likely that you'll get something that you've requested.

I usually request top floor, I like the idea of adding the request of end unit. I've been studying the map and will figure out which buildings look best to us.

Good luck and have fun, Cypress Harbour is a very nice resort..
Dick Taylor

See the resort map at... http://www.marriottvacationclub.com...resorts/marriott-cypress-harbour/pdfs/map.pdf

Thank you very much for all the info and advice!!! We are very excited to be staying here especially for the great rate we got (now that I discovered Getaways I think I will be booking these more often). We own at Harbour Lake across the street so we are familiar with the area and where to do our shopping so it will be nice to try a new resort but still be familiar with the area.

 

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I usually request top floor, I like the idea of adding the request of end unit. I've been studying the map and will figure out which buildings look best to us.

FWIW, we've exchanged into Cypress a few times (three or four, I think) and were there for a couple of weeks together this year. We'd always requested and stayed in building 62 until this year. We like that location with its great view of the length of the lake and the smallish Bayside Pool area - there have been times when members of my family have been the only guests using the pool and hot tub there. And I think that that building is sort of unique as there are no guest buildings on either side (on one side is a Marriott Vacation Club training center and on the other is the activities center). It's a nice spot but not right in the thick of things near the Clubhouse Pool (that's a plus for us, might not be for you).
This year we stayed in building 65 right next to the land-side entrance to the Island Pool area. We now have a new favorite building. We liked that we were quite close to Island Pool, which is the larger pool area that we prefer, only a short distance from the workout room at the activities center, and also a short walk to the clubhouse area by way of the bridge across the lake. And still with a nice lake view.

We own at Harbour Lake across the street so we are familiar with the area and where to do our shopping so it will be nice to try a new resort but still be familiar with the area.

Our oldest daughter and her husband were at Harbour Lake during our first week in Orlando this year and liked it. But he was blown away by Cypress Harbour (she'd been there with us in the past but he hadn't). I think you'll appreciated the villa upgrade between the two resorts - I think that the Harbour Lake villas are nice but, in my opinion, the Cypress Harbour villas, which have been refurbed in the past few years, are much nicer.

Cypress Harbour and Grande Vista (just down the Westwood Blvd and a quick left up International Drive) are frequent getaway properties - I bet you'd be happy with either one of them.

Enjoy!

Dick Taylor